Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me here.
I have a linux server with Samba version 2.0.7 trying to talk to a Windows 98
client. I have everything set up, Windows sees the shares and printers I have
defined, but as soon as I click on the printer in the server's page from
network neighborhood it says "This network printer is currently offline.
You
can install the printer now......."
Now when I go to my one share that I have for testing purposes, everything
seems to work fine. In fact, I was able to enable writing and create a file on
the server from the client.
I thought it might be my printer driver since I have an Epson Photo 870 which
has some functions that can't be performed through a network, but when I set
up a dummy printer, I get the "currently offline" message immediately
for that
one too.
I tried stepping through as much of the "Fault Tree" in "Using
Samba" as I
could but it seems mostly geared towards getting sharing working, which as I
said works just fine.
Here's the relative parts of the config file as shown by swat for the
printer
(eps870) and the share (tmp).
[global]
workgroup = MYGROUP
netbios name = VONDO-D-L
server string = Samba Server
security = SHARE
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
os level = 100
dns proxy = No
[eps870]
path = /var/spool/samba
writeable = Yes
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
printing = cups
printer = eps870
oplocks = No
share modes = No
[tmp]
path = /tmp
writeable = Yes
guest ok = Yes
I should also say that the backend of the printing part works because I can
connect from the server with
smbclient '\\vondo-d-l\eps870' -U%
and do a put to the printer which does print.
Both machines are dual boot if that helps with the troubleshooting.
Thank for any help,
Eric Vaandering